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ALT Image Credit: Zuza et al. (2024). Maps of metamorphic core complexes (MCCs) on Earth. (A) Global map of MCCs, modified from Whitney et al. (2013). (B) Tectonic map of the North American Cordillera, showing how the belt of MCCs relates to other major elements within the Cordillera. Figure adapted from Yonkee and Weil (2015) and Chapman et al. (2021). (C) Tectonic map of eastern China showing MCCs and their relationship to the Paleo-Pacific paleo-trench and migrating Mesozoic magmatic sweeps in southern and northern China. MCC locations from Wang et al. (2011) and Ji et al. (2018) and magmatic trends from Li and Li (2007) and Wu et al. (2019). (D) Tectonic map of the Aegean showing the relationship between MCCs, subduction, and the southward magmatic sweep. Compiled from Jolivet and Brun (2010), Jolivet et al. (2013) and Rabillard et al. (2018).